Go Go Harlem Baby

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Go Go Harlem Baby
Studio album by
Flat Duo Jets
Released1991
RecordedEasley McCain Recording
GenrePunkabilly[1]
LabelSky
ProducerJim Dickinson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
Orlando Sentinel[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Go Go Harlem Baby is an album by the American punkabilly band Flat Duo Jets.[6][7] It was released via Sky in 1991.[3][8]

The album was reissued by Third Man Records in 2011.[9]

Production[]

Recorded at Easley McCain Recording, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson.[10][11] The majority of Go Go Harlem Baby was recorded in three days.[12] "You Belong to Me" is a cover of the Duprees' song; "Apple Blossom Time" is a cover of the standard made popular by the Andrews Sisters.[13][14]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that "the ultra-live sound of the speedballs renders some of them generic, although [Dexter] Romweber continues to excel on the slower cuts, offering an atmospheric reading of the instrumental classic 'Harlem Nocturne'."[13] Spin called Romweber "the Crispin Glover of rock'n'roll singers," writing that he emotes "with a creepy edge that Jerry Lee Lewis himself would be hard-pressed to match."[15] The Orlando Sentinel thought that "for a rock 'n' roll animal, Romweber has an amazingly pretty voice."[5] The Washington Post opined that "wild-eyed, gravel-voiced singer/songwriter/guitarist Dexter Romweber remains an original, his genius and his preposterousness inextricably linked."[16]

AllMusic wrote that the band's "deliciously dirty and rough brand of rockabilly is unrivaled, and this disc is perhaps their finest."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Flat Duo Jets Anthem" 
2."The Dainty Song" 
3."Go Go Harlem Baby" 
4."You Belong to Me" 
5."Frog Went a Courtin'" 
6."No Greater Love" 
7."I Don't Know" 
8."Harlem Nocturne" 
9."Wild Trip" 
10."Rock House" 
11."Stalkin'" 
12."Don't Blame Me" 
13."Love Has Its Joke Sometimes" 
14."TV Mama" 
15."Apple Blossom Time" 
16."Ask Me How I Live" 

Personnel[]

  • Dexter Romweber - guitar, vocals
  • Chris "Crow" Smith - drums

References[]

  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 249.
  2. ^ a b "Go Go Harlem Baby - Flat Duo Jets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 432.
  5. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (17 May 1991). "FLAT DUO JETS". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 30.
  6. ^ Unterberger, Richie; Hicks, Samb (August 25, 1999). "Music USA: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Flat Duo Jets: Bow To Primitive Rock". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Calendar. 28 May 1992. p. 7.
  8. ^ "Flat Duo Jets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "Blues Genes: 15 of Jack White's Biggest Influences". Rolling Stone. May 29, 2014.
  10. ^ "Dexter Romweber: Beyond the Flat Duo Jets". Perfect Sound Forever.
  11. ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). "Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996". Voyageur Press – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Popson, Tom (10 May 1991). "`Psyched-up' rockabilly from the Flat Duo Jets". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. M.
  13. ^ a b "Flat Duo Jets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  14. ^ Hyden, Steven (May 17, 2016). "Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life". Little, Brown – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Menconi, David (May 1991). "Spins". Spin. 7 (2): 74.
  16. ^ Jenkins, Mark (19 Apr 1991). "Don't Judge Bands By Their Label Size". The Washington Post. p. N18.
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